| 单词 | settingdown |
| 释义 | > as lemmassetting-down setting-down n. †a siege. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > [noun] > a siege assiege1469 leaguer1601 setting-downa1616 obsess1694 wall-fight1850 a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) v. iv. 10 The confident Tyrant Keepes still in Dunsinane, and will indure Our setting downe befor't. View more context for this quotation 1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. E2 They were rather extrusions, then Sieges, or settings downe, for he stayd not long in a place. setting-down a. With various adverbs, as setting-down, setting-forth, setting-in, setting-off, setting-out, setting to: see the corresponding combinations of set v.1 ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > [noun] > setting out foundingOE partingc1300 outgoing?c1335 buskinga1400 way-gangingc1485 profectiona1538 departure1540 waygoinga1600 way-ganga1628 upcoming1654 outsettinga1698 setting-out1711 1439 in F. B. Bickley Little Red Bk. Bristol (1900) II. 157 Atte the settyng vp of his Crafte he schal pay ijs. c1480 (a1400) Prol. 6 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 1 As sais ‘þe romance of þe rose’, but settyng to of ony glose. 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Hiiii The gallaunt garnishing, & the bewtiful setting furth of it. 1606 F. Bacon Certain Considerations Plantation Ireland in Resuscitatio (1657) i. 259 So that, this must rather be an Adventure, for such as are full; Then a setting up, of those, that are of low Means. 1614 G. Markham Pleasures Princes 52 From his [the Cock's] head to the setting on of his shoulders. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 132. ⁋1 The first preparation for our Setting out was, that the Captain's Half-Pike was placed near the Coachman. 1778 N. B. Halhed Gram. Bengal Lang. Advt. Till the setting in of the dry season. c1800 in Hoyle's Games Improv. (1814) 444 The person appointed..is to tell ten between each setting-to, till one of the two cocks has refused fighting ten times successively. 1845 W. Youatt Dog iii. 82 Their teeth and the setting-up of their backs will confirm this. 1859 ‘The Druid’ Silk & Scarlet iii. 216 We do not just like the setting on of his [a horse's] neck. 1894 J. E. Davis Elem. Mod. Dressmaking (1895) 46 The setting-in of the second sleeve [is] proceeded with. 1942 P. I. Smith Princ. & Processes Light-leather Manuf. v. 161 After dyeing and fat-liquoring the next process is setting-out or striking out, which today is usually done by hand. 1942 W. S. Churchill End of Beginning (1943) 27 It was agreed that I should propose to those concerned the setting-up of a Pacific Council in London. 1953 D. Woodroffe Leather Dressing xiv. 144 Striking out forms an excellent treatment prior to the setting out process. 1959 20th Cent. Nov. 345 The setting-up of an alternative..television service. 1962 A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio viii. 146 If wear is noticeably accelerated,..rather complicated ways of setting up have to be devised. 1975 G. Bram & C. Downs Manuf. Technol. vi. 168 To assist ‘setting up’, tenon blocks are provided to engage in table slots. 1979 A. B. Emary Woodworking viii. 37 The steps..are setting out, which means making certain full-size drawings—in the trade this is called making a workshop rod, compiling a list of timber required for the job, and placing the necessary marks on the timber from the information on the rod. < as lemmas |
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